Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited announced the appointment of Mary Kotch as chief information officer, effective immediately. She will also join the Aspen Group executive committee.

Kotch brings more than 20 years’ experience in strategic technology innovation, application shared services, managing a global project management office, infrastructure, architecture, and digital and data management.

She previously served in senior executive technology roles at Validus Group and AIG. She was recently named one of the ‘2019 Top 50 Women in Technology’ by the U.S. National Diversity Council.

Mark Cloutier, executive chairman and group chief executive officer, commented: “I am delighted to welcome Mary to Aspen. She has extensive experience in transforming global companies’ IT strategies, focusing on revenue growth through the use of technology, while ensuring that a company’s infrastructure and applications are progressive, stable, flexible and aligned with the needs of customers, partners and employees. I very much look forward to working with her.”